This was, undoubtedly, a dumbass way to get injured -- but his attempts to keep it quiet and pitch through it, while undoubtedly unwise, were at least indicative of a man embarrassed by his inability to pitch and determined to try to make it work. And regardless of his motivation, just two starts into the 2007 season -- one of which coming as a shockingly unexpected choice to start on Opening Day -- Pavano hurt his elbow and eventually required Tommy John surgery.